Korban Tewas Pertama Pokemon Go, Dilacak Pelaku via GPS di Smartphone
Pokemon Go Sees Its First Death, Teenager is Killed while Playing Game in Guatemala
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
SEORANG remaja tewas dan sepupunya terluka parah setelah ditembak saat bermain Pokemon Go di Guatemala.
Jerson Lopez de Leon, 18, meninggal setelah diserang ketika bersama Daniel Moises Picen, 17, di sebuah jalan di kota Chiquimula.
Hampir 20 selongsong peluru yang ditemukan di tempat kejadian pembunuhan ketika keduanya berburu makhluk virtual.
Warga setempat mengatakan kedua korban berjalan bersama di jalur KA lama ketika peluru menghujani mereka dari kendaraan yang lewat.
Polisi mencari penghuni di sebuah lahan pertanian yang diduga mengetahui saat terjadinya peristiwa penembakan.
Mereka mengatakan mereka tidak yakin motif penyerangan tapi berspekulasi penyerang berniat merampas ponsel kedua korban.
Dugaan lain menyatakan bahwa salah satu korban memang diincar oleh pelaku penyerangan dan diketahui posisinya melalui GPS di ponsel korban.
Jerson meninggal di rumah sakit. Sementara sepupunya masih menjalani perawatan medis karena luka tembak di kakinya.
Ibu dari korban tewas, Rosalinda mengatakan: "Saya tidak tahu mengapa anak saya meninggalkan rumah. Dia sudah berada di tempat tidur ketika sepupunya mengirim pesan singkat kepadanya untuk mengajaknya keluar dan men-download game tak jauh dari rumah."
Pokemon Go telah memicu serangkaian masalah di seluruh dunia.
Tim penyelamat harus bekerja keras untuk membantu sekelompok remaja bermain game pada Selasa pagi ketika mereka terbawa perahu dan terseret arus ke tengah danau.
Para remaja melarikan diri dari Danau Marine di New Brighton, Merseyside, sebelum kru penyelamat tiba.
Seorang pengemudi didenda di Stourbridge, West Midlands, karena bermain game Pokemon Go saat mengemudikan mobilnya.
Dua pemain Pokemon Go ditembak oleh seorang pemilik rumah di Florida setelah disangka keduanya hendak mencuri.
Sementara itu, pengguna Bosnia di Bosnia diperingatkan untuk menghindari berkeliaran ke daerah-daerah yang diduga dipenuhi dengan ranjau darat dalam upaya mereka untuk menangkap mereka semua.
Dan di Indonesia, personel Polri diperintahkan untuk tidak bermain Pokemon Go saat bertugas dan anggota TNI pun dilarang untuk memainkan game tersebut, kata para pejabat keamanan, Rabu.
Meskipun Pokemon Go belum secara resmi tersedia di Indonesia, banyak yang megunduh secara ilegal dan dibawa ke jalan-jalan untuk berburu monster virtual, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Kantor Luar Negeri Inggris menyarankan wisatawan: 'Jangan menyimpang dari jalan dan daerah beraspal tanpa pemandu wisata yang berpengalaman."
"Kecuali Anda didampingi pemandu wisata yang berpengalaman, Anda harus menghindari pemukiman yang ditinggalkan penghuninya bangunan kosong, hutan dan kebun, properti pribadi dan desa tak berpenghuni."
A TEENAGER was killed and his cousin seriously injured after being shot while playing Pokémon Go in Guatemala.
Jerson Lopez de Leon, 18, died after being ambushed with Daniel Moises Picen, 17, on a street in the town of Chiquimula.
Nearly 20 bullet casings were found at the scene of the murder where the pair had been hunting the virtual creatures.
Local reports said the relatives were walking alongside an old railway line when bullets rained down on them from a passing vehicle.
Police are looking for the occupants of an agricultural van seen racing from the scene.
They say they are unsure of the motive but have speculated the attackers made a bungled mobile phone robbery.
Another line of inquiry is that one of the teenagers was wanted by his attackers and was located through his phone's GPS.
Jerson died in hospital. His cousin is being treated for gunshot wounds to his feet.
The dead man's mother Rosalinda said: 'I don't know why my son left the house. He was already in bed when his cousin sent him a message asking him to go out and download a game a few blocks from the house.'
Pokémon Go has caused a rash of problems throughout the world.
Rescuers had to be called out to aid a group of 20 teenagers playing the game in the early hours of Tuesday morning when they pinched a boat and rowed to the middle of a lake.
The teenagers fled the Marine Lake in New Brighton, Merseyside, before crews arrived.
A driver was fined in Stourbridge, West Midlands, for playing at the wheel.
Two Pokémon Go players were shot at by a homeowner in Florida after being mistaken for burglars.
Meanwhile, Bosnian users have been warned to avoid wandering into areas still littered with landmines in their quest to catch 'em all.
And in Indonesia, police have been ordered not to play Pokemon Go while on duty and military personnel will soon be banned from the game as well, officials said on Wednesday.
Despite Pokemon Go not yet being officially available in Indonesia, many have downloaded it illegally and taken to the streets to hunt for virtual 'pocket monsters'.
Britain's Foreign Office advises travelers: 'Don't stray from roads and paved areas without an experienced guide.
'Unless you have an experienced guide, you should avoid the open countryside and especially destroyed or abandoned buildings, neglected land, un-tarred roads, woods and orchards, private property and abandoned villages.'
